Evaluating the Impact of Decontamination Interventions Performed in Sequence for Mass Casualty Chemical Incidents

The authors examined to UK decontamination procedures (Initial Operational Response and Specialist Operational Response) alone and in sequence (improvised dry, improvised wet, interim wet, specialist decontamination and a no decontamination control). They found “modest additional benefits” associated with conducting decontamination interventions in sequence.